What sells this game by far is the gameplay, this alone is probably the reason you will enjoy it. Psi Ops, is a third person shooter with psychic abilities thrown in. The shooting is very by the numbers and works how you would expect, the abilities however, which include telekinesis where you can throw objects like boxes and even human enemies dead or alive around the room never get old. Other powers include mind control which is possession of your enemies, mind drain which causes your enemies heads to literally pop and many others provide some fun flexibility in the game play. 

You can almost go through some levels and not shoot a single shot, and you’ll find new creative ways to dispatch enemies and reach the level goal each time you play through. One of my favourite moments of which there was many was throwing an enemy into some exploding barrels then down a lift shaft into the electrified floor (and yes I’m getting that therapy I clearly need).

Of course abilities are unlocked over time through cut scenes and when your character conveniently remembers how to use them. My only main criticism and it’s a big one. Is towards the end of the game foes become incredibly tough so much so that most of your special skills are useless against them, so it feels more like a boring shooter by this point which is a darn shame and many may quit the game for this reason.

The game is level based and checkpoints are frequent enough to prevent everything from getting frustrating. There are several boss battles in Psi-Ops which mix up the action requiring you figure out the bosses pattern before defeating them however most solutions usually require the use of your psychic abilities.